खट

Hindi

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /kʰəʈ/, [kʰɐʈ]

Noun

खट • (khaṭ) f

  1. knock, rap
    खट की आवाज़ कहाँ से आ रही है?
    khaṭ kī āvāz kahā̃ se ā rahī hai?
    Where is the knocking sound coming from?
    खट से ― khaṭ se ― suddenly

Declension
Declension of खट (fem cons-stem)
singular plural
direct खट
khaṭ		 खटें
khaṭẽ
oblique खट
khaṭ		 खटों
khaṭõ
vocative खट
khaṭ		 खटो
khaṭo

Derived terms

References
  • Bahri, Hardev (1989) “खट”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
  • Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “खट”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • খট (Assamese script)
  • ᬔᬝ (Balinese script)
  • খট (Bengali script)
  • 𑰏𑰘 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀔𑀝 (Brahmi script)
  • ခဋ (Burmese script)
  • ખટ (Gujarati script)
  • ਖਟ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌖𑌟 (Grantha script)
  • ꦑꦛ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂎𑂗 (Kaithi script)
  • ಖಟ (Kannada script)
  • ខដ (Khmer script)
  • ຂຏ (Lao script)
  • ഖട (Malayalam script)
  • ᡘᠠᢞᠠ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘏𑘘 (Modi script)
  • ᠻᠠᢌᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑦯𑦸 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐏𑐚 (Newa script)
  • ଖଟ (Odia script)
  • ꢓꢜ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆒𑆛 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖏𑖘 (Siddham script)
  • ඛට (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑩝𑩦 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚋𑚔 (Takri script)
  • க²ட (Tamil script)
  • ఖట (Telugu script)
  • ขฏ (Thai script)
  • ཁ་ཊ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒐𑒙 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨌𑨔 (Zanabazar Square script)

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Perhaps borrowed from Dravidian; compare Kannada ಕಡಿ (kaḍi, “to cut, bite, break”).

Noun

खट • (khaṭa) stem, m

  1. an axe, hatchet, chisel
  2. a kind of blow (‘the closed or doubled fist, as for striking’)
  3. a blind well
Declension
Masculine a-stem declension of खट (khaṭa)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative खटः
khaṭaḥ		 खटौ / खटा¹
khaṭau / khaṭā¹		 खटाः / खटासः¹
khaṭāḥ / khaṭāsaḥ¹
Vocative खट
khaṭa		 खटौ / खटा¹
khaṭau / khaṭā¹		 खटाः / खटासः¹
khaṭāḥ / khaṭāsaḥ¹
Accusative खटम्
khaṭam		 खटौ / खटा¹
khaṭau / khaṭā¹		 खटान्
khaṭān
Instrumental खटेन
khaṭena		 खटाभ्याम्
khaṭābhyām		 खटैः / खटेभिः¹
khaṭaiḥ / khaṭebhiḥ¹
Dative खटाय
khaṭāya		 खटाभ्याम्
khaṭābhyām		 खटेभ्यः
khaṭebhyaḥ
Ablative खटात्
khaṭāt		 खटाभ्याम्
khaṭābhyām		 खटेभ्यः
khaṭebhyaḥ
Genitive खटस्य
khaṭasya		 खटयोः
khaṭayoḥ		 खटानाम्
khaṭānām
Locative खटे
khaṭe		 खटयोः
khaṭayoḥ		 खटेषु
khaṭeṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Etymology 2

See खेटित (kheṭita, “ploughed”).

Noun

खट • (khaṭa) stem, m

  1. a plough, plow

Etymology 3

Related to कट (kaṭa, “grass”); see there for more.

Noun

खट • (khaṭa) stem, m

  1. grass (used to thatch houses)
  2. a fragrant kind of grass

References
  • Monier Williams (1899) “खट”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 335/1.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 135
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1956) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 297
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